填空题 Cash reward is a common form of motivation used by parents with high
expectation to encourage their children work hard at exam time. Some 11
youngsters receive payments of as much as ￡ 100 for each A grade they
obtain at GSCE. But would such "bribes" be based on exam performance or 12
should they, as many parents and teachers feel, be offered in recognition of a 13
child"s effort, regardless of results? The later approach would solve the 14
problems of how parents reward children with different ability; 15
imagine, for example, a family with one child who is academically gift and 16
another who has learning difficulties. The dangers of resuh-relating incentives 17
for the second child are clear; with little hope of obtaining the higher grades,
the withholding of promised financial rewards would only compound of the 18
child"s feeling of false. However, some leading educational psychologists 19
believe that parents should rely in their own judgments in such matters. They 20
maintain that if parents know that money will motivate their child, then they should not be condemned for operating a system of cash payouts.